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Dear Sir

When I returned yesterday from an excursion I made
to the west of Edinr. I found your very obliging Letter, & also the Copies of
the treatise on the Panopticon, with the plans Elivations & sections both
of your own & the Russian design, lying at my Sisters house

I wish it was in my power to enter more fully into the
subject, than it will be possible for me to do for sometime owing to the
multiplicity of Designs, I have to make, for almost every part of this Country;
I am however glad to find, that it is not probable that the Gentlemen of
the County of Mid.Lothian & the Magistrates of Edinr. will be able to do any thing
to their Bridewell or house of Correction, till they have raised money for that purpose,
& that I am persuaded they cannot do till summer 1792, which will
afford me an opportunity of explaining to you in person, what I shall only
hint at present.

The friend to whom you send the letter in the Case with the Books,
I found had been at variance, and engaged in a paper war with some very respectable
Gentlemen in this County, amongst whom were some of my most intimate
acquaintance and friends, and though he has great merit in his way, is
certainly not Popular; After reflecting as much on this Subject, as the shortness
of the time would permit me, I came to the determination to delay sending him
your letter 'till I received an answer from you on this business, I fear his
interference might hurt, & could not essentially serve the cause. All the gentry

Identifier: | JB/541/264/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1791-06-07	Marginal Summary Numbering
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Folio number	264	Info in main headings field
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